EPS department information
Department Chair Magali Billen
Department CAO Jamie Brannan
Main Office 2119 Earth and Physical Sciences Building
phone: 1 (530) 752-0350; fax: 1 (530) 752-0951; geology@ucdavis.edu
Faculty | Scientists & Federation | Lecturers | Associates | Postdoctorals | Jr. Specialists | Grads | Visitors | Staff
Faculty and Emeriti
additional faculty and emeriti information
| Atekwana, Estella | College of Letters and Science
Dean's Office | |
| Atekwana, Eliot | eatekwana at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-3690 |
| Billen, Magali | mibillen at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-4169 |
| Busby, Cathy † | cjbusby at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 754-0457 |
| Carlson, Sandy † | sjcarlson at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-2834 |
| Casey, Bill † | whcasey at ucdavis.edu | |
| Cooper, Kari | kmcooper at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 754-8826 |
| Cowgill, Eric | escowgill at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 754-6574 |
| Day, Howard † | hwday at ucdavis.edu | |
| Deblois, Mark | mcdeblois at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-0352 |
| Dewey, John † | jfdeweyrocks at gmail.com | |
| Doyle, Jim † | jadoyle at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-7591 |
| Fogg, Graham † | gefogg at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-6810 |
| Gold, David | dgold at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 754-5361 |
| Grettenberger, Christy | clgrettenberger at ucdavis.edu | |
| Griffin, Alyssa | ajgriffin at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-5280 |
| Hill, Tessa | tmhill at ucdavis.edu | 1 (707) 875-1910 |
| Lesher, Chip † | celesher at ucdavis.edu | |
| McClain, Jim † | jsmcclain at ucdavis.edu | |
| Montañez, Isabel | ipmontanez at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 754-7823 |
| Motani, Ryosuke | rmotani at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 754-6284 |
| Mount, Jeff † | jfmount at ucdavis.edu | |
| Navrotsky, Alexandra † | anavrotsky at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-3292 |
| Oskin, Mike | meoskin at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-3993 |
| Osleger, Dave | daosleger at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 754-7824 |
| Palmer, Hannah | hmpalmer at ucdavis.edu | |
| Pinter, Nicholas | npinter at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 754-1041 |
| Rudolph, Maxwell | maxrudolph at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-3669 |
| Rundle, John | john.b.rundle at gmail.com | 1 (530) 752-6416 |
| Rustad, Jim † | jrrustad at ucdavis.edu | |
| Spero, Howie † | hjspero at ucdavis.edu | |
| Sumner, Dawn | dysumner at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-5353 |
| Sun, Chijun | cjsun at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-9779 |
| Twiss, Robert † | rjtwiss at ucdavis.edu | |
| Vermeij, Geerat † | gjvermeij at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-2234 |
| Verosub, Ken † | klverosub at ucdavis.edu | |
| Yin, Qing-zhu | qyin at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-0934 |
| Zierenberg, Rob † | razierenberg at ucdavis.edu | |
| † emeriti | | last update 1/9/24 |
Scientists & Academic Federation Members
additional information
| Pinter, Susann | spinter at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 754-1056 |
| Roeske, Sarah † | smroeske at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-4933 |
| Russell, Ann * | adrussell at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-3311 |
| Saxena, Arushi | ahsaxena at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-2889 |
| | | last update 8/8/24 |
| † emeriti; * retired on recall | | |
Lecturers
| Deblois, Mark | mcdeblois at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-0352 |
| Latimer, Kathlan | kklatimer at ucdavis.edu | |
| Mendle, Al | ammendel at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 754-1056 |
| Pinter, Susann | spinter at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 754-1056 |
| Roeske, Sarah † | smroeske at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-4933 |
| Salim, Ingrid | ihsalim at ucdavis.edu | |
| Stevenson, Mary-Betty | mbstevenson at ucdavis.edu | |
| Yarnell, Sarah | smyarnell at ucdavis.edu | |
| | | last update 8/8/22 |
| † emeriti | | |
Research Associates
additional information
| Amelin, Yuri | yuri.amelin at anu.edu.au | |
| Shlemon, Roy | rjshlemon at ucdavis.edu | |
| | | last update 4/26/23 |
Postdoctoral Scholars
| Katie Biegel | kmbiegel at ucdavis.edu | |
| Brown, Malory | mobrown at ucdavis.edu | |
| Jin, Yimin | yimjin at ucdavis.edu | |
| Journeau, Cyril | crjourneau at ucdavis.edu | |
| Di, Yankun | ykdi at ucdavis.edu | |
| Rebekah Leigh Rhodes | rlrhodes at uc davis.edu | |
| Oladeji, Emmanuel Oluwatimilehin | eooladeji at ucdavis.edu | |
| Tian, Xiaochuan | equtian at ucdavis.edu | |
| Liang Xue | tylxue at ucdavis.edu | |
| | | last update 08/18/25 |
Junior Specialists
Graduate Students
Academic year 2025-2026
| Alatorre Acevedo, Eduardo | ealatorre at ucdavis.edu | Dawn Sumner |
| Asaadi, Nazila | nasaadi at ucdavis.edu | Magali Billen |
| Brunoir, Tessa | tbrunoir at ucdavis.edu | David Gold |
| Cary, Paige | pacary at ucdavis.edu | Qing-zhu Yin |
| Chilcoat, Gwyn | gachilcoat at ucdavis.edu | Tessa Hill |
| Cortes, Luis | lcortes at ucdavis.edu | Dawn Sumner |
| Cziko, Jocelyn | jacziko at ucdavis.edu | Isabel Montañez |
| Faulkner, Benjamin | bifaulkner at ucdavis.edu | Ryosuke Motani |
| Goerlitz, Lillian | lbgoerlitz at ucdavis.edu | Alyssa Griffin |
| Gould, Liuliu | lgould at ucdavis.edu | Ryosuke Motani |
| Guerrier, Anjelica | aaguerrier at ucdavis.edu | Kari Cooper |
| Hota, Bismay | bhota at ucdavis.edu | Dawn Sumner |
| King, Sarah | asking at ucdavis.edu | Dawn Sumner |
| Li, Haoyuan | hylli at ucdavis.edu | Magali Billen |
| Lu, Qianyi | ayylu at ucdavis.edu | Max Rudolph |
| Lynch, Ryan | rlynch at ucdavis.edu | Michael Oskin |
| Mekonnen, Liyu | lhmekonnen at ucdavis.edu | Alyssa Griffin |
| Mendonca, Steven | semendonca at ucdavis.edu | Sandy Carlson |
| Mulligan, Chris | cmulligan at ucdavis.edu | David Gold |
| Papin, Loïs | lmpapin at ucdavis.edu | Amanda Thomas |
| Pfahler, Zoe | zepfahler at ucdavis.edu | Nicholas Pinter |
| Perkins, Erik | ecperkins at ucdavis.edu | Michael Oskin |
| Postema, Adriana | anpostema at ucdavis.edu | Sarah Stewart |
| Rack, Sierra | sirack at ucdavis.edu | Barbara Ratschbacher |
| Redick, Nathalie | nrredick at ucdavis.edu | Magali Billen |
| Roden, Ana | aaroden at ucdavis.edu | Alyssa Griffin |
| Sellinger, Elisabeth | ehsellinger at ucdavis.edu | Tessa Hill |
| Sonnenberg, Emily | esonnenberg at ucdavis.edu | Kari Cooper |
| Sunjo, Claris Nyuysoni | sclarisnyuysoni at ucdavis.edu | Eliot Atekwana |
| Thurber, Nick | nthurber at ucdavis.edu | Ryosuke Motani |
| Tran, Michelle | mtxtran at ucdavis.edu | Christy Grettenberger |
| Walker, Julia Chin | jchwalker at ucdavis.edu | Kari Cooper |
| Wandasan, Casey | cmwandasan at ucdavis.edu | Magali Billen |
| Williams, Caden | cadwilliams at ucdavis.edu | Christy Grettenberger |
| Wirba, Sylverius | wsfonyuy at ucdavis.edu | Eliot Atekwana |
| Wong, Sara | sdswong at ucdavis.edu | Chijun Sun |
| Zenker, Zoe | zezenker at ucdavis.edu | Chijun Sun |
| | | last update 7/18/2025 |
Visitors
Staff
additional staff information
| Arias, David | daarias at ucdavis.edu | |
| Barnes, David | debarnes at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 754-1505 |
| Baxter, Greg | gmbaxter at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-1864 |
| Brannan, Jamie | brannan at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-3668 |
| Castro, Cassandra | cjcastro at ucdavis.edu | |
| Gary, Brittany | bagary at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-8107 |
| Henry, Alyssa | amhenry at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-2206 |
| Ramirez, Angelica | amhramirez at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-2201 |
| Rousseau, Mandy | mlrousseau at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-9100 |
| Thomson, Tracy | tjthomson at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-2234 |
| | | last update 05/30/2025 |
1362 Earth and Physical Sciences Building
| Gold, David | dgold at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 754-5361 |
| Latimer, Kathlan | kklatimer at ucdavis.edu | |
| Mendle, Alvin | ammendle at ucdavis.edu | |
| Pinter, Susann | spinter at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 754-1056 |
| Salim, Ingrid | ihsalim at ucdavis.edu | |
| Stevenson, Mary-Betty | mbstevenson at ucdavis.edu | |
2215 Earth and Physical Sciences
| Hwang, Lorraine | ljhwang at ucdavis.edu | 1 (530) 752-3656 |
